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A virtual nightmare for traditional outsourcers
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/01/2011
» Asia was a bit slow adopting virtualisation, but is now leading the push to cloud computing. However, the road to transformation is a long one with many questions that need to be asked.
Island proving an IT hotbed
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 22/12/2010
» Phuket is a hotspot for software development. One of the pioneers has been developing software there from the days of dial-up modem to today's hyper-connected social media millennials.
VMWare takes cloud to new level
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 08/12/2010
» Virtual servers are now being deployed faster than physical servers and move to cloud will mean that systems management will need to change to cater for thousands or hundreds of thousands of virtual machines in a typical data centre. VMWare, leaders in the virtualisation space, want a seat at your board table to be part of this sea change that is revolutionising the enterprise IT space.
Netapp goes for tierless model
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/11/2010
» Netapp is banking heavily on its partnership with Cisco and VMWare and its new tierless storage model to provide faster, cheaper storage to IT departments to continue the trend of high growth that puts it in an elite group of tech companies that have continued to explode despite the 2009 financial crisis.
Easing the healthcare burden with technology
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 24/11/2010
» Cisco HealthPresence at first looks like a video-conferencing system with some clinical tools attached, but it is just one component of Cisco's portfolio of healthcare solutions that build on its existing network, radio and unified communications all the way through to voice and video expertise that will soon change the way healthcare is delivered.
Symantec boosts authentication
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» After 27 years of providing security for end points, Symantec has launched a new logo and acquired a number of companies that together will provide the trust, strong identity and encryption it needs to protect a world where servers are virtualised and are somewhere in the cloud outside of the company's data centre and where CIOs need to be responsible for data that flows readily to their employee's personal smart phones.
When disaster strikes, why doesn't Thailand learn its lessons?
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 27/10/2010
» Disasters. With the Indian Ocean earthquake back in 2004 and the resulting tsunami, one would think Thailand would have learned a thing or two about handling disasters. Perhaps, but many of those lessons were not put to use when the floods hit the country last week.
Seeking unified global approach to cyber crime
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 20/10/2010
» With cyber terrorism on the increase, the world's law enforcement agencies need to come together to combat the problem.
Demands of a fast-changing economy
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 13/10/2010
» IBM has presented the results of its latest CEO study, which point to a more volatile world in which creativity, flexibility and dexterity is needed in order to succeed.
Cisco report highlights security woes
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/09/2010
» Cisco has launched its 2010 mid-year security report, which has shown a sea change in how businesses use IT resources with borderless networks, while IT departments struggle to provide security while coping with users using their personal phones to access corporate IT resources and cloud computing, which processes data outside the corporate data centre.